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Where does “orderliness” come from?

Orderliness comes from English orderly and the English suffix -ly, derived from Middle English -ly, Old English -nes, and Latin ordo meaning arrangement or sequence.

orderliness (English): The fact of having a regular, proper and...

Definitions

  1. The fact of having a regular, proper and...

Ancestry of “orderliness”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishorderlyNeat and tidy; possessing order; Methodical or...
2EnglishorderArrangement, disposition, or sequence; A position...
3GermanOrdnungarrangement, regulation; classification, order,...
4Middle High Germanordenunge—
5Old High Germanordinunga—
6Old High Germanordinōnto put in order
7LatinordinoI arrange, put in order, organize; I rule,...
8Latinordoa methodical series, arrangement, or order;...
9Proto-Italicord-on-row, order
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂er-to fit, to fix, to put together
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